Just read that Stan's wife Joan passed away yesterday at age 93. Rest in peace.
Read more…One based on a famous Spider-Man and the other on the Avengers cover when the Vision showed up.
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Read more…I am a fan of both franchises, but I wasn’t really looking forward to this series because I didn’t see how they could make the timelines work. I bought issue #1 primarily to find out how they did, and was quite pleased to discover the clever way they
Read more…Who were the first black super-heroines at DC and Marvel? My brain says the Vixen for DC and Storm for Marvel, but my brain ain't what it used to be. (Note: I'm talking about in "real" life" here, not in continuity.) Were they the first for their
Read more…Just for fun, what would be the least useful super power you could have? It could be one possessed by several superheroes and villains, or one that's not been used.
To start, I'll suggest pre-cognition. While it seems as if it might be nifty to be
Read more…ACTION COMICS #968
AD AFTER DEATH BOOK 01 (OF 3)
AIRSHIP ENTERPRISE #3
ALL NEW X-MEN ANNUAL #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WORLDWIDE TP VOL 03
AMERICAN MONSTER TP VOL 01 (MR)
ART OF DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS HC
ART OF RED
Read more…I'm planning this one (plus upcoming projects for Detective and Sensation Comics) to be fairly brief. In this project, I'll be covering the Superman stories from Action Comics #1-12. If someone would care to pick it up from then, please feel free.
Read more…So I finished my latest reading project, which was "Marvel Now" Avengers. That was, in effect, the complete runs of Avengers, Avenger A.I., Avengers World, Mighty Avengers, New Avengers and Secret Avengers. For purposes of clarity, it is the runs of
Just wondering, these comics I can afford, but no comic shop around me carries them and the response when I asked about them at Newburry was sort of lukewarm.
Read more…Thought I'd put this up just in case anyone wants to talk about the movie. The spoiler flag is there, so feel free to talk openly!
Read more…Story. IMO, a dumb thing for him to do. Even setting aside the politics of it, these kinds of things are always spotted by someone.
Read more…I've never heard of the strip, but the sudden change to an Archie-sort of style after the Spirit adventure wrapped up yesterday is a bit jarring and intriguing.
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Read more…I have three hardcover volumes of Adam Strange Archives (Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson, et al) for sale. (Volumes 2 & 3 are still in their original shrink-wrap.) These volumes reprint Showcase #17-19, Mystery in Space
Read more…I haven’t thrown any crackpot interpretations of comic book continuity out there in a while, so I guess it’s time to rectify that state of affairs.
I’m enjoying Nick Spencer’s Captain America, but I’m having a hard time wrapping my mind around the ch
Read more…Another great one has died. Particular favorites of mine were his illustrations for The Stand:
and for one of the Simpsons Halloween comics:
A thread in the Mr. Silver Age thread (RIGHT HERE) about Lana Lang's occasional little brother reminded me once of something I read about adventure heroes, by necessity, not having much in the way of family. You can't go running off to fight evil in
Read more…One thing I have noticed in reading the issues from the 1970's into the 1980's is that the adds just aren't there today. The novelty adds, the back issue adds, the toys... just sort of faded away. Anyone know how much of a hit this caused financia
Read more…It looks like DC Comics are using the Omnibus format as their current way to collect classic material in chronological order. In the past, there have been the Archives series (hardcover, full color), the Showcase Presents series (softcover, black an
Read more…Rocket #1 - Rocket Raccoon teams up with the Technet to pull a heist. Story by Al Ewing, art by Adam Gorham.
As with other times I've encountered members of he Guardians outside of the movies, I find the characters to be less than enthralling. It's a
